Straight up, old school CPO

That's funny, I just got one of those also! I also bought it from the VT Army Navy store. Many places sell them online, but they seem to have the best price.

So, it runs big. I wear a size large in almost everything. 42 blazer, 35" waist jeans, 16.5/33 dress shirt. The closest item I can compare this to is a Pendleton board shirt. I wear a large in that. The large CPO was huge on me. The shoulder seems were two inches below my shoulder, I could have put on a flak jacket and still buttoned the thing up. The sleeves were really long. 

These guys are a legit army surplus store up in VT. They aren't exactly Amazon. Point being if you need to make a return, you need to pay to ship it back and new shipping for the replacement. So that kind of sucks.

I played hooky last Monday and rode my motorcycle up to VT to exchange mine. Granted that cost me more in gas money, but I enjoyed the ride.

I like the shirt a lot. The medium fits me perfectly. The wool is a bit scratchy. You'll need to wear long sleeves under it. It does have liner material along the shirt collar and cuffs, so it feels nice on the skin there.  I don't mind the buttons.

These are made by Fidelity sports in Massachusetts. The ones VT army/navy sells have Gov Issue tags, not the commercial Fidelity tags. But I expect the shirt to be extremely warm and mildly water resistant. I'll try to snap some pics wearing mine.

A transcontinental ride to return an item is about something I would do lol

Good point on the length. I am wearing mine today and thinking about that. I went with the medium and was just pondering if I could have even gone with the small. But I realized that the side scoops are quite high. I couldn't go any shorter. Fwiw I am 5'10. The medium is perfect.

It's chilly and lightly raining in Boston today. It's the perfect shirt! I'll still try to get those pics this afternoon.

Great pics. That is EXACTLY what I want. I'm 6-2 and about 185-190 so large seems like a good call, I might go a little leaner on the fit from the tailor but not sure. I need to see it in person.

Looking great man, thanks for posting.

Fidelity does had size charts online for reference.

Damn that looks good, if I didn't put buy a Woolrich Alaskan shirt-jack I'd buy it.

aren't they both made by fidelity? i didn't see any sizing info on the guideboat site, but i'd probably want to verify sizing before ordering (to prevent paying significantly more for a similar oversized fit)

edit: dave beat me to it.

If I had my choice, I would take the 100% wool over a blended fabric.  I have 100% wool Pendletons that are 40 years old, and still look fantastic.  My guess is that blended wools are cheaper to produce. 

univibe88 thanks for the info

You know how pictures go, but the Guideboat CPO looks better to me than the others.  I think that Fidelity makes their standard wool blended shirts, but sell variations of this to other vendors.  Guideboat has some nice stuff, but it annoys me that they don't post up any size guides for their shirts.

You can find the fidelity CPO online few places usually under $90. They are all blended now 80/20% vintage will be 100% wool.

That is the one in my pictures above.  It is the gov contract version.  The one that runs closer to $200 is from Fidelity's fashion line - Gerald and Steward.  It appears to be slightly heavier and cut more fashionably.  

Hey Steve.  I think we are close to the same size (6'2"-185lb.)  Didn't you order the Large?  I am thinking of getting one of these, but am going to wait to see what Roman has up his sleeve, as I know they are working on it as I write this, and it should be up with their new site.  They are going to offer a Woman's version, as per Allison.  Might even pick one up for the wife.